Jumeirah Lowndes Terrace BBQ Class – Low Calorie Thai marinated tiger prawns With a faltering attempt at Spring this week and a cloudless blue sky this afternoon, this particular post seems almost relevant. On the afternoon of the planned barbeque demonstration at the Jumeirah Lowndes Hotel, however, a thunderstorm, hail and fierce winds had me […]
5:2 Diet Curried Parsnip Soup
Curried Parsnip Soup for the 5:2 Diet. I didn’t plan to write this recipe for curried parsnip soup up on London-Unattached nor was I doing a 5:2 diet fast day when I made it, but when I was busy eating it yesterday for lunch and tweeting (yes I know…it’s sad!) three people asked me how […]
5-2 Diet Made to Measure Vegetable Curry
Low-Calorie Vegetable Curry for the 5-2 Diet: I was sent a large box of rather beautiful organic fruit and vegetables from Soil and Seed last week. Now, when I was asked if I would like to trial one of the boxes I looked at the range currently on offer and was a little bit thrown. […]
5:2 Diet Tips
5-2 Diet Tips – Eat Well and Cook Less? OK, a guilty little secret about me and the 5-2 fast diet. I enjoy cooking on 5-2 diet fast days. Maybe a masochistic tendency, maybe just wanting to keep busy. But like everyone there are days when I simply don’t have time to make home-made soups. […]
Greek Yoghurt Stuffed Sea Bream and the 5:2 Diet
A Greek Recipe for the 5:2 Diet and some Hellenic Memories: My first visit to Greece was a shock. I was on a Schools Cruise – in the 1970s some of the cruise liners used to rent out space in the bows of the ship to school groups. We flew from London to Athens into […]
Low Calorie Bolognese with Vegetable Spaghetti
Cutting Calories for the 5:2 Diet – Spaghetti Bolognese: I’m back in the UK after a couple of trips abroad and on the 5:2 diet trying to lose some of the weight I’ve gained and to continue to lose a bit more. For me, restarting a diet is the hardest time, so I try my […]
5:2 Diet Recipes Celery and Spinach Soup
Unplanned 5:2 diet fast and a 5:2 Soup Recipe! OK, yesterday I might just have overdone things a bit – hence the idea that I might need an extra 5:2 diet day (does that make it 4:3?). Lunch was a review meal at Kitchen Italia and Dinner another review meal at Bombay Brasserie. It would […]
5-2 Diet Lemon and Coriander Chicken
5-2 Diet – Recipes for the 5-2 Diet: Now, I am still doing the 5-2 diet. I am really encouraged by the weight loss so far, and I am hoping that I am also getting some of the health benefits. I watched the Horizon programme, Eat, Fast and Live Longer which highlighted research that has […]
5-2 Diet Recipe and Celeriac – a REALLY Useful Ingredient
5:2 Diet Recipe – Celeriac and Watercress Soup My holiday in Sicily and a backload of work has meant I’ve really been slacking a bit with the 5:2 diet and low calorie recipes. When I have managed a 5:2 diet fast day, the food I’ve eaten has been extremely simple and not really worthy of […]
Steamed Thai Style Fish for the 5-2 Diet
Steamed Thai Style Cod Recipe for 5-2 Diet: This 5-2 diet recipe for Steamed Fish uses one of the simplest ways to cook healthy food. Steaming fish involves no added fat but allows you to add seasoning in the form of ingredients cooked in the steamer. What a great concept for the 5-2 diet fast […]